Welcome to the 2021

Shenandoah Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Conference

at

James Madison University!

10:00 AM Opening session

Starting at 11:00am you can join Karen Lange in a Q&A about her keynote talk Climbing through Trees, and/or chat with other participants in the social room on Zoom. 

• 11-11:30 Q&A ZOOM LINK with keynote speaker  (WATCH HER TALK)
• 11:30-12 SOCIAL ROOM ZOOM LINK: general meet&greet (with breakouts)

Noon session

Starting at 12:00pm you join the Career Panel session discussion, watch  and/or chat with the student poster presenters in the social room on Zoom.

• 12-12:30 Career Panel ZOOM LINK -- Want to learn more about different types of career paths for mathematics majors? Come ask your questions to this panel of industry professionals and and faculty.
  
  • Rebecca Wasyk, Federal Reserve Board
  • Lindsay Scott,Career Advisor James Madison University
  • Reginald Ford, IDEMIA
• 12-1 POSTER SESSION -- Browse the contributed posters! (click to view)
• 12:30-1 Poster Presenter ZOOM meet&greet (meet the poster creators!)

1:00 pm session

For the afternoon session at 1:00pm you can watch our afternoon session talks, join a panel session about REUs (Research Experience for Undergraduates), and/or chat with some student speakers in the social room on Zoom. And maybe you want to eat some lunch, too. :)

• 1-1:30 REU panel ZOOM LINK -- Want to learn more about Research Experience for Undergraduates programs and other summer opportunities in mathematics? Come ask your questions to this panel of students and faculty.
  
  • REU mentor Hala Nelson, James Madison University
  • REU participant Hannah Wahl, Tulane University
  • REU participant William Nettles, James Madison University
• 1- 2  Watch some awesome Contributed STUDENT TALKS PAGE (click to vist)
• 1:30-2 SOCIAL ROOM ZOOM LINK: drop in networking session (with breakouts)

2:00 pm session

For the afternoon session at 2:00pm you can watch our afternoon session talks, join a panel session about Graduate School, and/or chat with some student speakers in the social room on Zoom.

• 2-2:30 Graduate school panel ZOOM LINK -- What is graduate school really like? How do you apply? What schools should you consider? How important is the GRE Subject Test? Find out from this panel of faculty and grad students!
  • Brian Leventhal, James Madison University (Graduate Psychology Faculty)
  • Harley Meade, Colorado State University (3rd year)
  • Aleyah Dawkins, George Mason University
  • Tatiane Swap, Virginia Tech (1st year)
• 2- 3 Watch some awesome Contributed STUDENT TALKS (click to vist)
• 2:30-3 SOCIAL ROOM ZOOM LINK: Speakers meet&greet (with breakouts)

3:00 pm Closing session

Join Rebecca Nugent for a Q&A about her keynote talk Demystifying Data Science, and to say goodbye to everyone at SUMS 2021.

• 3-3:30 Q&A ZOOM LINK with keynote speaker Rebecca Nugent (WATCH HER TALK!)

On your way out, would you please take a few minutes and help us by filling out a SHORT EXIT SURVEY? It should take less than 5 minutes.

Have a great weekend and thank you so much for attending our virtual conference today!

And as always feel free to browse the posted 2021 talks as well as the 2020 talks and leave some comments on YouTube -- we will moderate and publish them!